Our electronic resources are the most reliable for information. On the left navigation area, click on Electronic Resources, then choose which resource. You will need user names and passwords, so if you don't have a library brochure with this information, see the library staff to get one.
Print Resources in Reference Section of Library
In-library use only
World Book Encyclopedia
Compton's Encyclopedia
New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia
Biography Today
Print Resources - General Collection
These items have been sent to the classroom for use by all students; please do not
take these items home.
Black History Pathfinder
Electronic Resources
User Name and Password requiredOur electronic resources are the most reliable for information. On the left navigation area, click on Electronic Resources, then choose which resource. You will need user names and passwords, so if you don't have a library brochure with this information, see the library staff to get one.
Print Resources in Reference Section of Library
In-library use onlyWorld Book Encyclopedia
Compton's Encyclopedia
New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia
Biography Today
Print Resources - General Collection
These items have been sent to the classroom for use by all students; please do nottake these items home.
General Websites on Black History
You are limited to using only these websites.A & E Television's Biography: Black History
Encyclopaedie Britannica: Black History
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Fact Monster: Biographies of Famous African Americans
Gale Cengage Learning - Black History Month
Infoplease: Black History
Websites on Specific Individuals
You are limited to using only these websitesMaya Angelou's Official Website
Academy of Achievement: Maya Angelou
Poetry Foundation: Maya Angelou
Rosa Parks
Academy of Achievement: Rosa ParksAfricana Online: Rosa Parks
Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development
Scholastic: Rosa Parks
Banjamin Banneker
Black Inventor Online Museum: Benjamin BannekerUniversity of California's African Americans in the Sciences
Sojourner Truth
Fordham University: "Ain't I a Woman?" SpeechSojourner Truth Institute
University of Pennsylvania: Celebration of Women Writers
Black Inventor Online Museum: George Washington Carver
California State Polytechnic University's Project Nova
Iowa State University -George Washington Carver
University of California's African Americans in the Sciences
Harriet Tubman
New York History Net: Harriet TubmanPBS Africans in America: Harriet Tubman
Fredrick Douglass
Africa Within: Fredrick DouglassFredrick Douglass Foundation
Indiana University-Purdue University: Fredrick Douglass Papers
Booker T. Washington
Africa Within: Booker T. WashingtonNew World Encyclopedia: Booker T. Washington
Spartacus Educational: Booker T. Washington
The King Center: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Library of Congress: African American Odyssey
Nobel Prize Website: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey's Official BiographyAcademy of Achievement: Oprah Winfre
JUST FOR FUN (but you might learn something, too!)
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Underground Railroad